Dodgers Trade for Angel Berroa,Rest of MLB/Universe Responds With Indifference

In a move that does not bode well for Rafael Furcal fantasy owners, the Dodgers traded Class A shortstop Juan Rivera to the Kansas City Royals for former Rookie of the Year winner/MLB washout Angel Berroa (that's him falling on his neck at left). While not quite as despicable as the deal that saw this guy get traded for 10 wood bats, this deal is probably less important than a fart in the wind.

On the plus side, Berroa can’t be any worse than Chin-Lung Hu, who had posted the ridiculously low OPS + of TWELVE, which I didn’t even know was possible (remember, 100 is league average). Berroa’s last full season in the majors came in 2006 where he was the proud owner of an OPS + of 52 and was promptly seated on the first available flight back to AAA Omaha. The lesson, as always, when you can't make the Royals' roster, you are really, really bad. Still by my math 52/17 = 3, so Berroa should be about 3 times better than Hu; sadly last I checked 3 x 0 was still 0. Get well soon, Rafael.